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Strengthening redundancy for the early warning system in Hue City, Vietnam

Early warning systems (EWS) are integral to disaster risk reduction and climate resilience, safeguarding lives, property, and infrastructure against flood impacts. ISET has been collaborating with partners in Hue City (formerly Thua Thien Hue province) to enhance its EWS, with a key focus on integrating redundancy (i.e. built-in backup capacity) into its design. This approach addresses […]

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Learning from the 2020 floods in Thiès: Strengthening urban planning to reduce flood risks in Senegal

Tirer les leçons des inondations de 2020 à Thiès: Renforcer la planification urbaine pour réduire les risques d’inondation au Sénégal * If this publication is shareable, you can access it by clicking the “Download in English” button. If it is a journal article or book chapter, a link is provided in the text below.  Overview

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What we learned from Hurricane Ida

Hurricane Ida both confirmed that we can plan and build to address climate change, and it was a wake-up call for how broad the need is, how quickly we need to act, and where we’ve underestimated our risk. The pumps, dikes and levees protecting the City of New Orleans—which were dramatically strengthened after Hurricane Katrina—worked.

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Storm-Proof Housing for the Urban Poor – Lessons from Da Nang, Vietnam

For low-income families in coastal areas of Vietnam, storm and typhoon damage is a constant threat to life and well-being. However, there is a way for them to escape the vicious cycle, involving proper financial and technical support for storm-resilience housing. Nguyen Anh Tho presents experiences from Da Nang City. Why are Poor Communities Most

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Release Workshop of Can Tho Resilience Strategy until 2030 (Kèm bản dịch Tiếng Việt)

Photo: Lê Thị Nguyệt Linh, Cần Thơ Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Like most cities in the world in their dynamic development process, cities in Vietnam are facing multiple risks and challenges of the 21st century. In Can Tho, problems such as flooding, extreme rainfall and heat waves, water shortage, pollution, diseases, migration crisis

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Synthesizing the Project on Scaling-up the Model of Climate-Resilient Housing in Quang Tri Province,

Photo: Tran Tuan Anh, ISET-Viet Nam Read in Vietnamese The project was implemented from March 2018 to March 2019 to upgrade housing of poor and near poor families living in vulnerable areas of Dong Ha City, Quang Tri Province, Central Vietnam. There are totally 32 beneficiary households located in 4 urban wards of Dong Ha

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Toàn cảnh về dự án nhân rộng mô hình nhà chống bão tại Quảng Trị, miền Trung Việt Nam

Ảnh: Tran Tuan Anh, ISET-Việt Nam [Đọc bằng Tiếng Anh] Dự án được thực hiện từ tháng 3/2018 đến tháng 3/2019 nhằm nâng cấp nhà ở của các hộ nghèo và cận nghèo sinh sống tại những khu vực dễ bị tổn thương ở thành phố Đông Hà, tỉnh Quảng Trị. Tổng cộng 32 hộ

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